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Falken Adds BMW M6 GT3 to VLN, N24 Program

Falken adds BMW M6 GT3 to lineup for VLN, N24…

Photo: Team Falken Tire

Photo: Falken Tire

Team Falken will expand into a two-car program, having announced Tuesday a BMW M6 GT3 in addition to its existing Porsche 911 GT3 R, both of which will take on the VLN series and Nürburgring 24.

Longtime Falken driver Peter Dumbreck, who celebrates his tenth year with the tire manufacturer, will be joined by Alexandre Imperatori in the new BMW, with Marco Seefried and Stef Dusseldorp joining them for the 24-hour race.

The team’s Porsche, meanwhile, will be driven by Martin Ragginger plus Porsche factory drivers Joerg Bergmeister, Dirk Werner and Laurens Vanthoor.

It marks a unique strategy with two different GT3 cars being run by the same team.

“In tests, our tires have already demonstrated their superb performance on both vehicles. Now we’re adding the element of competition by fielding the two cars in motorsports events, and look forward to exciting clashes between Porsche and BMW – both fitted with virtually identical Falken tires,” said Stephan Cimbal, Head of Marketing at Falken Tyre Europe.

The Schnabl Engineering-run team ran the BMW in an end-of-year evaluation in VLN9, scoring an eighth place overall finish with Imperatori and Phillip Eng.

“Team Falken tested the car itself in the VLN Endurance Championship at the end of last year, which proved positive,” BMW Motorsport director Jens Marquardt said. “We hope that we can celebrate success together this season in the ‘Green Hell’.”

John Dagys is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Sportscar365. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for FOXSports.com and SPEED Channel and has contributed to numerous other motorsports publications worldwide. Contact John

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